法輪

See also: 法轮

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (法輪)		法	輪
simp. (法轮)		法	轮

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit धर्मचक्र (dharmacakra, “wheel or range of the law”) or Pali dhammacakka (“wheel of the law”). Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་འཁོར (chos 'khor).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎlún

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ leon⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fap-lùn
Min Dong (BUC): huák-lùng
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-lûn
Wu (Wiktionary): faq len (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaluen
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ leon⁴
  - Yale: faat lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ lên⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ lɵn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-lùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fab` lunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fab⁵ lun²
  - IPA: /fap̚² lun¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-lùng
  - IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-lûn
  - Tâi-lô: huat-lûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatluun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ lun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lun²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: faq len (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̱ʔ³³ ləɲ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /pɨɐp̚ liuɪn/▼

Rime
Character	法	輪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	乏 (148)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方乏切	力迍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨɐp̚/	/liuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/piɐp̚/	/lʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/piɐp̚/	/ljuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puap̚/	/lwin/
Li Rong	/piɐp̚/	/liuĕn/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐp̚/	/lĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐp̚/	/li̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fa	lún

Noun

法輪

(Buddhism) dharmachakra; wheel of the dharma (law); the eternal wheel of life
法輪常轉 / 法轮常转 ― fǎlún cháng zhuàn ― the dharma wheel constantly rotates

Derived terms

妙法輪／妙法轮
法輪僧／法轮僧
法輪功／法轮功 (Fǎlún Gōng)

法輪大法／法轮大法 (Fǎlún Dàfǎ)
轉法輪／转法轮 (zhuǎn fǎlún)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法輪):

Japanese: 法 (ほう)輪 (りん) (hōrin)
Korean: 법륜 (法輪, beomnyun)
Vietnamese: pháp luân (法輪)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	輪
ほう Grade: 4	りん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

法輪 (hiragana ほうりん, rōmaji hōrin)

dharmachakra

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